GTDC Announces New Appointments
October 01 2013 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) today announced
the appointment of Westcon President and CEO Dean Douglas as vice
chairman of the GTDC and Esprinet CEO Alessandro Cattani as a new
executive committee member.
Douglas and Cattani will help lead the strategic direction of
the GTDC -- an association of the world's leading technology
distributors, which annually generate more than $130 billion in
worldwide product and services revenue. The organization is
dedicated to defining and promoting the role of wholesale
distribution in the technology channel.
"Westcon and Esprinet have been respected member companies of
the GTDC for some time now, and we value the relationship we've
developed with them over the years," said GTDC CEO Tim Curran. "As
we continue our mission to help our members and vendors strengthen
their partnerships and address industry-wide issues and
opportunities, we are excited about Alessandro joining the
executive committee and Dean's new role as vice chairman."
Prior to joining Westcon -- a distributor of unified
communications, network infrastructure, data center and security
solutions -- in June 2008, Douglas served as CEO of LCC
International, a wireless service provider engineering services
firm. He has also held global executive roles at both IBM and
Motorola, and has spent time based in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Dean graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor's
of business administration degree.
As CEO of Italy-based Esprinet SpA, Cattani oversees the
company's engagement in the wholesale of information technology
products and consumer electronics in Italy and Spain. Cattani
graduated from the Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan
with a degree in electronics engineering and completed a master of
management degree from the Scuola di Direzione Aziendale
dell'Universita Bocconi in Milan.
For more information on the GTDC, its members and executive
committee, visit www.gtdc.org.
About The Global Technology Distribution
Council The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) is
the industry consortium representing the world's leading tech
distributors. GTDC members drive more than $130 billion in annual
worldwide sales of products, services and solutions through diverse
business channels. GTDC members include AB S.A (WSE: ABPL), ABC
Data, ALSO Holding AG (SIX: ALSN), DCC SerCom, Arrow Electronics
(NYSE: ARW), Avnet (NYSE: AVT), Computer Gross Italia,
Computerlinks, Copaco N.V., D&H, Esprinet (PRT.MI), Ingram
Micro (NYSE: IM), INTCOMEX, Officer Distribuidora, Redington (BSE:
REDI), SiS Technologies (HKSE: 0529), ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC),
SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX), Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD), 20:20 Mobile Group,
Westcoast LTD and Westcon.
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